Sentence Comprehension Checklist - for each word

1.   What part of speech (pars ōrātiōnis) is the word? Is it a noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection?

2.   Nouns (nōmina):

a.     What declension is it in (quotae dēclīnātiōnis est)?

b.     What gender is it (cuius generis est)?

c.     What number is it (cuius numerī est)?

d.     What case is it in (quō casū est)?

e.     What function does it have (cuius potestātis est)?

f.      What meaning does it have (quid significat hoc nōmen)?

3.   Pronouns (prōnōmina)

a.     What gender is it (cuius generis est)?

b.     What number is it (cuius numerī est)?

c.     What case is it in (quō casū est)?

d.     What function does it have (cuius potestātis est)?

e.     What meaning does it have (quid dīcit hoc prōnōmen)?

4.   Adjectives (adiectīva):

a.     What declension is it in (quotae dēclīnātiōnis est)?

b.     What gender is it (cuius generis est)?

c.     What number is it (cuius numerī est)?

d.     What case is it in (quō casū est)?

e.     What word does it modify (cuī nōmini adiungitur)?

f.      What meaning does it have (quid sē vult hoc adiectīvum)?

5.   Verbs (verba):

      a.   What conjugation is it in (quotae coniugatiōnis est)?

a.     Is it infinitive, indicative, or imperative? (estne īnfīnītīvum, indicātīvum aut imperātīvum)?

b.     What number is it (cuius numerī est)?

c.     What person is it (cuius persōnae est)?

d.     Is it transitive or intransitive (estne neutra an nōn)?

e.     Is it active or passive voice (estne āctīvum an passīvum)?

f.      What tense is it (cuius temporis est)?

g.     What meaning does it have (quid dīcit hoc verbum)?

6.   Adverbs (adverbia)

      a.   Meaning (quid significat)?

7.   Prepositions (praepositiōnēs)

a.     What case does it take (cui casuī servit)?

b.     Meaning (quid significat)?    

8.   Conjunctions (coniūnctiōnēs)

a.     Meaning (quid significat)?

9.   Interjections (interiectiōnēs)

      a.   Meaning (quid significat)?